[foobarbecue]

This is a false conspiracy theory. Source: my parents are state and commerce dept diplomats. I grew up living overseas, and worked in a US embassy myself. I have known USAID people and the lifesaving work they do since I was a kid (I'm 38).

CIA is CIA, and it has done things you may be rightfully uncomfortable with. If you don't like the CIA, complain about the CIA.

You, and this Corbett guy, are spreading misinformation with the result of destroying the careers of people who have dedicated their lives to good, and you are murdering people overseas, such as those who unexpectedly had their only source of antiretrovirals cut off.

Also, I never heard anyone call it "US aid" until this year. It's always been pronounced "U S A I D". So, that's one way to tell if someone just found out about it, I guess.

[airhangerf15]

Did you look at the full video? Yes there are a lot of aid organizations that do things via USAID. Corbett mentions that at the end. But the trouble is the CIA hides people within NGOs in order to preform clandestine operations and destabilize governments. There is a link to the sources under the video. I've looked through them. Many of them are "mainstream" including LA Times, NY Times, etc. They verify what he's saying.

Also, ANY foreign aid in general is usually absorbed by the highest levels of government. The book "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" goes into several examples where democratic companies use foreign aid to reinforce autocratic governments for resource extraction.

I'm not spreading "misinformation," I'm just spreading information. Stop using Doublespeak.